Skill India

H-1B ecosystem mainly benefits US firms more than Indian ones: Nasscom Prez

While India has always been recognized for its talent, we must now deepen our technology skillsets to drive growth

AI from India, for India and the World: Shaping future with emerging tech

India poised to lead AI era with skilling focus, policy support, and ethics

Skills shortage hampers India's clean energy goals and manufacturing plans

Modi's government has imposed 40 per cent tariffs on Chinese solar panels and 25 per cent on cells, allocating about $3 billion in production-linked incentives for local manufacturers as part

Govt plans to integrate Gati Shakti portal with e-Shram database

As of now, over 1,530 data layers from 44 central ministries have been uploaded on the portal

Skill ministry asks states to enrol ITI passouts under PM Internship Scheme

The government aims to skill 10 million youths in India's top companies in five years through the internship scheme

Germany raises visa quota for skilled Indians by 4.5 times to 90K

Scholz pushes early EU FTA; Modi says right time to join India growth story

India's main challenge is skills gap for young: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman will head to Washington, DC, for the Annual Meetings of IMF and the World Bank, as well as the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings and other high-level discussions

We must raise the bar to impart lifelong learning in B-schools: Bijapurkar

Reflecting on her own experiences, Bijapurkar noted that her generation, which largely lacked formal economics training before the 1991 economic reforms, survived by continually learning

Trade unions divided over the new employment linked incentive schemes

Labour ministry said that the ELI schemes have been designed to encourage businesses to generate more employment as well as to provide meaningful and sustainable jobs for the youth of the country

Apprenticeship scheme needs structure and monitoring to succeed: Experts

Hema Bajaj, Ruhie Pande, Amit Das, and Suryanarayan G Iyer speak with Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji on Budget 2024's apprenticeship programme at BSmart HR Conclave

Raising the skilling bar: Young India needs reimagined vocational education

Nation-building education is the govt's job. It should do it with the same might it used for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Aadhaar linking, Covid vaccination drive, and financial inclusion initiative

Will finalise guidelines for upgrading ITI scheme by September-end: Tiwari

He explains the idea behind the scheme and the challenges ahead

New skilling scheme laudable, but needs clarity, say India Inc leaders

Officials of construction and engineering major, L&T, which has in the past complained about skilled labour shortage, said if India needs to grow, one of its positives has to be its population

Skill ministry launches revised loan scheme, up to Rs 750K per student

The new credit guarantee scheme has now also been extended to NBFCs, MFIs and SFBs

Game for skill: Budget 2024 draws road map for industry-ready workforce

Internship opportunities, easy skilling loans, new centrally sponsored scheme, ITI upgradation announced

IndiaSkills 2023-24 to kick off on Wed; 900 participants to take part

The national level skilling competition is the precursor to the WorldSkills competition, as participants who excel at national level will get to participate at the world stage in September in Paris

Ministry asked to tap over 3.5 mn overseas jobs: House Panel report

Operationalise 30 Skill India International Centres by March: House Panel

Satya Nadella announces expansion of 'Code Without Barrier' programme

Microsoft Chief Satya Nadella on Thursday announced the expansion of Microsoft's 'Code Without Barriers' programme to India, aiming to train 75,000 women developers by 2024. The programme is to democratise access to tech skills nationwide, the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft said, as he spoke about the impact Indian developers are making in accelerating AI innovation globally during his address to 1,100 developers and technology leaders at the Microsoft AI Tour here. "One of the things that I'm very excited also is to bring one of the initiatives which we've had called Code Without Barriers, and expanding to India and really helping 75,000 women developers by 2024," Nadella said. According to Microsoft, "Code Without Barriers" programme will be expanded to India this month, as the company aims to democratise access to tech skills nationwide. "The programme was launched in 2021 across nine Asia Pacific (APAC) countries to help close the gender gap in the region's .

Interim Budget: Equip youth for nation's progress, says FM Sitharaman

When it comes to youth, skilling has been a major focus area. The Skill India Mission has trained 14 million youth, upskilled and reskilled 5.4 million youth, shared FM Sitharaman

PM Modi interacts with 'Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra' beneficiaries

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra today, via video conferencing